unsparing.

Not withholding effort, detail, criticism, or severity.

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Words that belong together

• unsparing criticism
• unsparing account

On the page

The memoir gives an unsparing account of the committee's failures.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Comparative more unsparing; superlative most unsparing when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.